“I made a wish on my birthday, but now I’m scared for it to come true.” “What wish, sweetheart?” I ask gently, rubbing his back. He takes a deep breath in. “Don’t be mad…I figured since you two like each other a lot and we like him, too, that it wouldn’t be too bad. But I wished for Xander to be my new dad, since I don’t have one anymore, and I think he likes me and Penny. And baby Bea never got to have a dad… But I’m scared that if he does get to be my new dad, that he’ll die like Dad did. And then I’ll have lost two dads.”
